Table 3 Summary table for accepted studies—other and multiple/mixed systems with predominant colonization
Study | Setting (beds); country | Definition of ward closure (length) | Other measures | Inpatient outcomes (includes index case(s))a | Controlled (Y, N, NA) | Due tob |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enterococcus | ||||||
Delamare et al. [49] | Adult ICU (16); France | Limited transfer; 4 ICU beds closed (8w) | 4 | 15 in total | Y | Multiple |
Iosifidis et al. [53] | Pediatric oncology department (16) at a teaching hospital; Greece | No new admissions (3m) | 9 | 21/32 in total: 1 (5Â %) died | Y | All |
van der Steen et al. [54] | Internal medicine/nephrology and dialysis ward; The Netherlands | No new admissions (12d) | 7 | 12/91 in total: all positive | Y | All |
Escherichia coli | ||||||
Giuffrè et al. [52] | NICU (16) at a teaching hospital; Italy | No new admissions (3m) | 4 | 15/103 in total | Y | All |
van der Zwet et al. [55] | Surgical ward in a specialty hospital; The Netherlands | No new admissions (~3d) | 5 | 8 in total | N: 3 patients colonized after | NA |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | ||||||
Rettedal et al. [50] | NICU (21) at a teaching hospital; Norway | No new admissions; limited transfers (70d) | 11 | 59 in total: 1 (2Â %) infection | Y | All |
Staphylococcus aureus | ||||||
Barrett [51] | 2 adjacent orthopedic wards; England | Unspecified closure | 6 | 15 in total: all positive | Y | Antibiotic treatment |
Troelstra et al. | A military hospital; The Netherlands | No new admissions (29d) | 4 | 3 in total | Y | Environmental disinfection |